Fluke DAQ Software Visual Demo Guide 2680AAPSW

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Fluke DAQ Software Visual Demo Guide2680A-APSW
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About This Guide

• This guide is designed to give you a quick
  self-paced overview of Fluke DAQ software without
  having performing tedious step-by-step
  exercises common to traditional guides.
• This is intended to be a visual guide with
  emphasis placed on showing you where to
  accomplish certain tasks within the program.
• The items on each page are specific to the menu
  bar Icon shown in the upper right-hand corner of
  the page.
• We suggest you first view this guide and then
  work with the actual demo program. You may also
  keep this guide open and switch between the guide
  and the program as you progress.

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Fluke DAQ Features

• Supports instrument configuration for up to
  2,000 channels (tags).
• Intuitive interface
• Works with 2680A Series and Fluke NetDAQ products
• Supports
• Instrument configuration and control
• Trending, real-time and historical
• File conversion to CSV format
• Alarm annunciation and acknowledgment, DIO
  controls
• Viewing data over the internet using standard
  browsers
• Sending email on alarm

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The Basic Requirements

• This Fluke DAQ Demo does not require a 2680
  Series instrument. Numbers are randomly generated
  within the program to simulate data.
• You need a Pentium II class computer with 64 Meg
  RAM, Windows 98 or later and 100 MB free disk
  space
• Some functions are not available in the demo
  version
• At the end of this Visual Guide is a section
  covering setup of the 2686A-DEMO Kit intended for
  Representatives and Customers using 2686A
  demonstration hardware. If you have this hardware
  please refer to this section first for setup
  information. This section starts at slide 18.

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Installing Fluke DAQ

• Insert the Demonstration CD into your computer.
• Follow the installation directions.
• If Auto-run is disabled on your computer select
  the Start button, choose Run, (your drive letter)
  \ launch.exe and follow the instructions for
  installation.
• From your desk top shortcut or from the program
  menu double click on Fluke DAQ.
• If you have difficulty with this installation you
  may contact Fluke Corporation at 1-800-44-Fluke
  and ask for Data Acquisition Support.

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Fluke DAQ Menu Structure
Security
Configuration
Trending
Alarms
Web Email
Exit
This is the starting default
These menu bar icons will give you a different
sub-menu depending on what item you have
selected in the Configuration menu
Select network type here
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Security / Log-on
No Password or Security needed for this
demonstration
Multiple levels of password protection and user
access. See the PDF user manual on this CD for
more information on Security.
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Fluke DAQ Configuration

• Windows style Equipment
• Configuration Tree
• INSERT
• Mainframe (2680A / 2686A)
• and / or 2645A / 2640A
• Module (PAI/FAI/DIO)
• select scan interval
• or Trigger type
• Channel settings
• DC, RTD, etc.

Click on a Mainframe, Module or Channel Then
click on Insert to Add what you need to your
system. to add a new mainframe click on the main
file. In this case Sample.cfg The click
Insert You can use a right click to copy
and paste configurations from one mainframe,
module or channel to another.
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Configuration Flow
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When you click on a chassis in the Configure
Tree and then click Insert you get the Dialog
box to insert a module type. Click on a module
you get of channels dialog box Click on a
Channel and get a channel set-up dialog box.
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Configuration Transfer
When connecting hardware under general network
enter IP address and click Verify to test
communications. This example shows an Isolated
setup where no IP address is visible to the
user.
After you are finished setting up your
configuration click the Configuration
transfer button.
Verifies communication to instrument
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Start Scanning
Start / Stop system Scanning
Start / Stop device Scanning
View channel data after Scanning has started by
clicking on a module. You may also use the Trend
Chart to view data.
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DIO Status
Alarm Icon flashes when a channel is in alarm.
Click on Icon to view alarm page.
View / Set DIO
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Spy Channels
Module Icons turn Red when in alarm. Alarm can
be viewed by clicking the Alarm Icon.
Up to 8 Spy Channels may be selected for
viewing (or Spying). Spy channels Monitor
values at an interval faster than the
configured interval scan. These Spy values are
not recorded, simply viewed.
Spy values
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Trending
Alarm Icon flashes when a channel is in alarm.
Click on Icon to view alarm.
Zoom, real time, History and Export as CSV file
available here.
In / out chart times are adjustable via Zoom
Assign up to 8 Channels for charting
Scale Range can be set by the user by direct
entry of scale value.
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Alarm Page
Historical or on-line viewing
All alarms in a system are shown on this page.
The user may view all alarms, specific
alarms and may acknowledge alarms on this page.
Alarm filter function allows you to
view specific alarms.
Channel, time, date and alarm number information
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Web and Email
Fluke DAQ Data may be viewed over a web page
using your browser.
sends notification of alarm to users via email
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Thank You!

• Thank you for taking the time to view Fluke DAQ
  Data Acquisition software.
• If you have any questions please contact Fluke
  directly or your local Fluke Representative.

For further information on Fluke Data Acquisition
products call 800-44-FLUKE or visit
www.fluke.com USA 800-44-Fluke Canada
800-36-5853 Europe / M-East / Africa (31 40) 2
675 200 From other countries 1 425 446 5500
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Hardware Demo using the 2680A-DEMO Kit
( for Representatives and Customers using the
2680A-DEMO Kit )
The Following section offers basic instructions
for the operation of the 2680A-DEMO Kit. This
section shows how to setup the demonstration
2680A simulator hardware and connect the
demonstrator to Fluke DAQ software on your laptop
computer. A 3-Com Ethernet card should be in
the demo case and your Win 98 and Win 2000
operating systems should already have the drivers
for this card and recognize the card upon booting
up.
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Hardware DEMO - First Steps
( for Representatives and Customers using the
2680A-DEMO Kit )

• Install an Ethernet card (3-Com Ethernet card
  provided in Demo Kit) and make Network
  communication changes shown on the next slide.
• Install Fluke DAQ Software from CD
• Initialize , read, erase PC card in the 2680A
• Connect the Demo Simulator to Slot 1 and Slot
  6
• Connect the RED Ethernet cable between your
  computer and the 2686A.
• Open the Sample or Demo. cfg file.
• Select Isolated network
• Verify communications
• Start Scanning
• Exercise Visual Guide starting on slide 1

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Setting Up Your Computers Network Settings
Set your computers Ethernet communications. This
example is for Win 2000 but the basics are
similar in other systems. The basic menu
progressions are Start gt control panel gt LAN
connections gt TCPIP settings gt Properties. Set
a specific IP address (198.178.246.101) and a
subnet mask of 255.255.255.0.
Change to this setting
Local area connection found in Windows control
panel under Network
Set IP and Subnet mask for Demo
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Install Demo Simulator
DIO connector module Place in slot 6

• Knob controls are VDC (9V) and Ohms (3 Mega
  Ohms)
• DIO LEDs are connected to DIO 0-2
• Totalizer switch pulses the Totalizer input at
  two selectable rates.

Analog connector module Place in Slot 1
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Install Modules
Slot 6 DIO
Slot 2 FAI
Slot 1 PAI
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Load Demo Configuration
Your demo simulator is connected to the system
using the configuration shown below in
demo.cfg or sample.cfg depending on version.
Make certain your modules are in the correct
slot. In this case the PAI is in slot 1 and the
FAI in slot 2
Set for Vdc 30 Volt scale - (VDC Control on
simulator)
Set for Ohms 2W , 3M scale- (Ohms Control on
simulator)
DIO 0, 1, 2 are available for you to set using
the Alarms on channels 101 and 201
This computed channel is set to average channel
201 and channel 101.
Exercise portions of the Fluke DAQ Program using
this Visual Demo Guide as a reference